Tag: Force

• February 7, 2022

  Rousseau’s Social Contract

  Book 1 Chapter 1: Subject of this First Book Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. Chapter 2: On the First Societies Aristotle was right; but he took the effect for the cause. Nothing can be more certain…
• January 19, 2022

  Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality

  Hi. Just browsing my library and sharing some highlights. Check out some of these quotes from Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a leading Genevan philosopher and political theorist and one of the key figures of the Enlightenment. Dedication to the Republic of Geneva: Once peoples once accustomed to masters, they are no longer…
• August 27, 2018

  America: The “Indispensable Nation”

  Hi, This is a quote from Secretary of State Madeleine Albright that I like to use in my debates. You can taste the arrogance: SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: Well, let me say that there are, a couple of dozen countries that are with us on this that are providing a variety of equipment, support and are willing to…
• January 10, 2018

  World Court: U.S. is Guilty of International Terrorism

  Hi, In 1986, the United States was found guilty by the International Court of Justice of breaching international law by engaging in international terrorism. The case is known the Case Concerning the Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America). The International Court of Justice (ICJ), which has its seat…